Garment attachment.



No. 782,655. I PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

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GARMENT ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUI IE I, 1904.

I Quinta rot Witness Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFIC JOHN EDWARD HIBLINE, OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.

GARMENT ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,655, dated February 14:, 1905.

Application filed. June '7, 1904. Serial No. 211,503.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD HIBLINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Annapolis, in the county of Anne Arundel and Stateof Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment Attach ments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment attachments; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device adapted to be readily applied to a garment and which serves as a buttonhole-reinforce.

The invention consists of a strip of light non-corrodible material having prongs eX- tending therefrom which are adapted to be forced through the garment at points adjacent .a buttonhole and bent backward so as to hold the strip in place.

The invention also consists of the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my in vention, in which Figure 1 is an elevationof the cuff of a garment and showing reinforcing-strips secured thereto adjacent the buttonhole, one of said strips being used to mend a broken buttonhole. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the strip. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of strip, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of another modification.

Referring to the figures'by numerals of reference, 1 is the cufi of a garment having buttonholes 2 and 3. A curved reinforcing-strip 4 is adapted to be placed adjacent each buttonhole and the edge of the cufl and this strip is preferably crescent-shaped and provided with a series of integral prongs 5 along the outer or convex edge. The reinforcingstrip is adapted to be secured in place by forcing the prongs through the cuff at the proper points and then bending them backward upon the strip, so as to clamp the cuff therebetween. The strip is thus securely held between the buttonhole and the adjoining edge of the cuif and prevents the buttonhole from enlarging. Moreover, should the buttonhole break, as shown at 2 in Fig. 1, the reinforcing-strip can be used for fastening the sides of the buttonhole together and the cuff thus rendered more lasting. The reinforcing-strip is preferably formed of aluminium, galvanized metal,or any other suitable material which will not corrode. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the reinforcing-strip provided with four prongs which project at intervals from the convex edge thereofibut, if desired, the number of these prongs may be reduced, as shown in Fig. 3, by converting the ends of the strip into prongs 6. In Figs. 2 and 3 the prongs have been shown integral with the strip and the entire device and when made in this manner can be struck from a sheet of metal or other material. In Fig. 4, however, the strip 7 is shown provided with projecting pins 8, which are soldered or otherwise secured to the strip, but which are used in the same manner as the prongs 5 and 6.

While I have shown the reinforcing-strip applied to. the cuff of a shirt-sleeve, it will be understood that the same may be used equally as well upon ordinary collars and cufls or, if desired, in connection with buttonholes in any form of garment, including suspenders, 8:0.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modificationsmay be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is The combination with a garment having a buttonhole therein; of a fiat crescent-shaped reinforcing strip adjacent and partly surrounding the buttonhole, and prongs extending from the convex edge of the strip, said prongs and the ends of the strip projecting through and engaging the garment at points removed from the buttonhole.

In testimony whereofI afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN EDWARD HIBLINE. Witnesses:

JAMES MGMILLAN, JOHN C: KOEHLER. 

